The NHT announces Longville Phase 3 selectees and invites entries for History and Journalism competitions

Sep-05-2012
The NHT announces mortgage loan application results for Longville Phase 3 in Clarendon, and  celebrates  Jamaica 50 through a Community History Competition. Additionally, the NHT is inviting submissions for its Journalism Award. NHT...

More NHT homeownership and community development as Emancipation Park steps up celebrations

Jun-28-2012
The National Housing Trust recently invited applications for 841 solutions in the Longville Park Housing Development. And to further homeownership opportunities, the NHT recently held a Home Buyers Expo at the Emancipation Park. Also, the NHT is...

NHT Housing for Majesty Gardens and Unions Estate residents improve community

Jun-06-2012
The Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller ON, participated in a contract signing ceremony on May...

PM breaks ground at Hellshire Phase IV as NHT gives more home grants

Apr-30-2012
The Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller ON, MP broke ground on April 18 for the development of 226 housing solutions at the National Housing Trust’s Hellshire Phase IV Housing scheme in Portmore....

PM opens community centre as the NHT surveys Jamaicans overseas

Apr-10-2012
The Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller ON, MP officially opened the  community centre built by the NHT in Greenwich Town.  Additionally, the NHT wants to find out if Jamaicans living overseas find the NHT’s...

Easier annual returns and easier NHT home ownership

Feb-08-2012
The NHT is helping to make revenue collection easier in collaboration with the Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), and National Insurance Scheme (NIS) through the SO2 form. We have some tips to help  you use the new form. Also, are you planning...

Easier annual returns as the NHT donates books and empowers communities

Jan-10-2012
For the period October to December 2011, the NHT through its Social Development Department (SDD), organised a number of activities across the island. These activities are empowering residents of NHT communities through training; safety and security; sport

Products and service improvements as the NHT celebrates winners

Dec-09-2011
The NHT improves Home Grant offers, lowers interest rates on some loans, is working on computer system upgrades and is helping to make revenue collection easier in collaboration with the Tax Administration Jamaica (TAJ), and National Insurance...

Training, community development and environmental protection mark NHT’s activities

Nov-14-2011
The NHT continues to facilitate community development as well as environmental protection and awareness through a number of activities across the island. An NHT sponsored environmental club is recipient of a UNEP Environmental Awareness Prize,

NHT seeks less costly solutions, and announces the application results for Meylersfield, Westmoreland

Oct-02-2011
The National Housing Trust engages partners in a search for less costly housing solutions as the Trust announces its 35th Anniversary Journalism Award. Further, the NHT announces the names of persons short- listed to be interviewed for serviced lots at Me

NHT invites applications for Meylersfield, Model Home Competition and grants

Sep-08-2011
As the NHT’s Model Home Design Competition draws to a close the NHT’s Social Development activities continue through the Best Schemes...

NHT launches model home competition as Social Development activities step up across the island

Aug-02-2011
The NHT invites children ages 8-12 to create models of the homes as the NHT’s Social Development activities intensify through the Best Schemes Competition and the KSA/PSA Sports Day at Cooreville...

NHT salutes essay competition winners and continues community training

Jun-30-2011
The NHT salutes eight young Jamaicans for their entries in the NHT’s 35th Anniversary Essay competition, and conducts training in communities about Better Governance as well as Micro...

NHT voted top Public Sector entity

Jun-06-2011
The National Housing Trust (NHT) was selected as the Best Customer Service Entity in the Public Sector for 2010-2011, as plans for the NHT Foundation to help vulnerable groups get underway as part of the NHT’s 35th anniversary gifts to the...

Restoration of water-catchment area to hospital reservoir
Rose Dewar, Gleaner Writer
May-24-2011
The Percy Junior Hospital in Spalding, Manchester in collaboration with the group, ‘Friends of the Hospital’, which has given tremendous assistance to this institution in numerous ways over many decades, staged their second labour day project at the Knox

NHT markets more homes and opportunities, as 35th anniversary Essay Competition draw to a close

Apr-27-2011
The National Housing Trust (NHT) will shortly be inviting applications for purchases in the Twickenham Park Housing Development, St. Catherine, as it provides other home ownership opportunities through Home Grants, new deposit arrangements and loans...

A passion for networking
Fiona Loney, Online Gleaner Writer
Mar-30-2011
Andre Tulloch made his mark in computer networking as the first Jamaican to be awarded the Caribbean and National champion in the Cisco competition last year. Tulloch spoke with The Gleaner recently about his passion for computer networking and...

NHT celebrates 35th anniversary with Essay Competition, awards community spirit and increases in home ownership opportunities

Mar-21-2011
The National Housing Trust (NHT) continues its 35th Anniversary activities, with an essay competition, as it recognises community spirit in a number of NHT schemes. The NHT is also increasing home ownership opportunities through Home Grants,...

From Natural Resource to Creative Enterprise
Rose Dewar, Gleaner Writer
Feb-28-2011
On Thursday, February 24th instant, the Jamaica Public Service (JPS) in collaboration with the Scientific Research Council (SRC) and the Association of Science Teachers of Jamaica (ASTJ) hosted the JPS Science and Technology Exposition 2011 at the Golf...

More NHT home and social development opportunities during 35th anniversary year

Feb-25-2011
The National Housing Trust (NHT) invites applications to purchase units in the Salisbury Housing Scheme, and just concluded an application intake for the Home Grant Programme. As the NHT celebrates its 35th Anniversary with a number of...

Creating new history
Rose Dewar, Gleaner Writer
Feb-16-2011
Yearly as I observed the celebration of Black History during the month of February, I have noticed that it is basically a rhetorical and repeated showing and speaking or highlighting of past memories of great events or great people. While this is...

The NHT celebrates 35 years of service, offering improved products and services

Feb-04-2011
The National Housing Trust (NHT) celebrates 35 years of service, has taken a first step towards developing an ecologically friendly town in Trelawny, and will begin construction of 25 housing schemes between February 2011 and June 2012....

Youth Club honours community members
JIS Contributed
Dec-31-2010
Members of Top Bellefield in Manchester were honoured by the community's Youth Club, for promoting agriculture, education and general kindness, at a special awards function, held on  recently at the New Testament Church of God in the...

NHT gears up for refunds applications, more housing and social solutions get underway

Dec-30-2010
The National Housing Trust (NHT) is encouraging employers to pay up NHT contributions and to submit their annual returns as this will allow smooth processing of contributions refund to their employees in 2011. Also The NHT is working to deliver or...

Feast of Lights: A Night of Musical Splendour in Mandeville

Dec-09-2010
Music enthusiasts of all ages turned out in large numbers at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) Gymnatorium on December 4, 2010 to experience an array of youthful musical talents dubbed “Feast of Lights.”

Boy’s Town residents get new Computer Lab
JIS Contributed
Dec-03-2010
Residents of Boy’s Town can now have access to a wealth of information with the aid of a new telecentre/computer lab that was opened recently at Hugh Sherlock Hall on Collie Drive in Kingston. The telecentre/computer lab provide a means for...

More NHT home ownership opportunities,Contributions Refund processing improvements get underway

Dec-03-2010
The National Housing Trust (NHT) announces more creative ways to homeownership, is working to deliver more housing solutions across the island, and is improving its Contributions Refund process come January 2011. On Friday, November 12, 2010, Prime...

Feast of Lights a musical treat of young talents

Nov-26-2010
Northern Caribbean University Music Department will be hosting its annual event Feast of Lights in collaboration with the New England Youth Ensemble. This concert is scheduled for Saturday, December 4 starting at 8:00 pm.

More NHT home ownership opportunities, as the JEF honours the NHT

Oct-27-2010
The NHT (National Housing Trust) is increasing the number of prospective homeowners through home grants. Additionally, more NHT scheme units are to be handed over soon and the NHT was recently honoured by the JEF. Thirty selected for Home Grant...

Christiana Moravian Primary gets new Computer Laboratory
Rose Dewar, Gleaner Writer
Oct-10-2010
The inaugural opening of the Kirk Rattray Computer Laboratory and Library took place recently at Christiana Moravian Primary School in Manchester. This notable occasion recorded yet another inroad into the school’s development. Representatives of...

The NHT increases housing, social and Internet services

Sep-27-2010
    More National Housing Trust (NHT) contributors are accessing mortgages, as the NHT increases the number of available housing solutions across Jamaica. Also, the NHT is transforming the lifestyles of residents through training,...

NHT uses cricket to change lives in St. Catherine

Aug-31-2010
Teaching Cricket as a life skill, is a strategy being used by the National Housing Trust (NHT) to transform the lives of youths from a number of Inner City communities in St. Catherine.  This summer, the NHT’s Social Development Department...

Children receive school supplies
JIS contributed
Aug-23-2010
Children of the Prospect and Land Settlement communities were presented with back-to-school supplies valued at $70,000 during a fair held in Port Antonio recently. More than 150 children between ages 4 and 11 years were presented with note books,...

Devon House Reopens

Aug-09-2010
Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett and Most Hon. Carla Seaga, Chairman of the Devon House Development Company Ltd cut the ribbon to official declare the reopening of Devon House on Monday, July 26. Looking on are: Janette Taylor (third...

Arts Super Day hosted in Trench Town

Aug-02-2010
While many Jamaicans ventured to Sumfest in Montego Bay recently, Trench Town had a super creative day focusing on arts, creativity and culture. Trench Town is the former home to music superstars and reggae icons Bob Marley, Dean Fraser and Alton...

NHT markets Unions Estate and more schemes

Jul-28-2010
  The entrance to Unions Estate, Phase 2 in Twickenham Park, St. Catherine Between Tuesday, August 3, 2010 and Tuesday, August 10, 2010, the National Housing Trust will be inviting applications for Thirty-Five (35) Apartments and...

NHT’s Longville Park breaks ground, best Scheme Competition underway

Jun-22-2010
The ground breaking ceremony for the NHT’s Longville Park Housing Scheme Phase III, Clarendon took place on Thursday, June 17. The NHT’s Best Schemes Competition was also launched at Longville Park, on the same day. On July 1, government employees...

North Manchester honours stalwart educator of 43 years
Rose Dewar, Gleaner Writer
Jun-08-2010
Recently, a group of friends, well-wishers, family members, past colleagues and students, representatives of the Education Ministry, The Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA), Parent/teacher Association (PTA), School Board and the member of parliament...

Alligator Pond Police Station gets face lift
Angelo Laurence, Gleaner Writer
Jun-03-2010
The Alligator Pond community, active and retired members of the police force and a contingent of friends from Florida in the United States came together on Tuesday June 1 to give the police station a face lift.   The group painted the...

New community centre opens in Manchester

May-31-2010
A new multi-million dollar community centre, which will serve the New Green, Battersea, Clarks Town and several adjoining communities in Manchester, was officially opened recently. Located near the New Green road-a-bout off the Winston Jones...